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SURVEYING MITES (ACARINA) PHORETIC ON THE SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE) WITH STICKY TRAPS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

John C. Moser
John C. Moser
Affiliation:
Southern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, Pineville, Louisiana
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Abstract

Sticky traps caught large numbers of mites that adhere tightly or ride in protected places on attacking southern pine beetles and retrieved some of the mites that are loosely attached. Of the 2539 beetles surveyed, only 39.6% carried mites. Seven species of phoretic mites were found; the two most common, Tarsonemus krantzi and Trichouropoda australis, showed no preference for either beetle sex but preferred to ride on specific parts of the body.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 108 , Issue 8 , August 1976 , pp. 809 - 813
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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